Many Businessmen arrested for VAT fraud in Albania

Oculus News has discovered of who are some of the 'successful' businessmen who were arrested by police following fraudulent tax bills.

Besnik Pelivani, one of the construction businessmen, has been arrested by order of Tirana Prosecutors Elisabeta Imeraj and Valentin Preci after his company ABB frauded with the VAT scheme to evade taxes. Shpresa Joanidhi, is the name of another businessman who has been arrested during the action launched two days ago but which continues to this day.

One of the arrested persons after the reporting of the General Directorate of Tax is the businessman and the owner of the company ARB & TRANS 2010, Fatmir Firi. Also, among the businessmen who have been involved in this wave of arrests following the allegations that they have created fictitious companies during the period 2017-2019 to avoid liabilities is also Ilirjan Dimo.

Following the analysis carried out by the Tax Investigation in August, the frauds committed by these citizens with their tax bills have been revealed and have caused to the state economic millions of damages.

In addition to the aforementioned businessmen who were involved in the field of construction, also two owners of two security companies have been arrested or in other words, the private police. Haxhi Sala, the owner of the company 'LEXSI SECURITY' and Astrit Lala, who is also a partner at the 'LEXSI SECURITY 1', also has been arrested.

While many other businessmen are also wanted for tax bills fraud, the number of people involved in this illegal activity is match higher, according to reports.